2021 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series
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Lebanon (Trophy) 
Uzbekistan (Trophy) 
Thailand (Trophy)
UAE| 2021 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series | |
|---|---|
| Hosts | Lebanon (Trophy) Uzbekistan (Trophy) Thailand (Trophy) UAE |
| Date | 10 September – 26 November |
2022 → | |
The 2021 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series was hosted as two tournament events in the United Arab Emirates in late November 2021.[1] Following the cancellation of the 2020 series due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was the twelfth edition of Asia's continental sevens circuit. The first leg of the tournament was a qualifier for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in South Africa. Japan and China qualified for the World Cup.[2]
The lower-tier Trophy tournaments, hosted in Lebanon, Uzbekistan and Thailand served as qualifiers, with the winners eligible to compete in the main series.
8 teams competed in the main series.
Schedule
Incheon, Huizhou and Colombo were originally scheduled as legs of the 2021 series,[3] but all were eventually cancelled due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and replaced by two events in the United Arab Emirates.[1][4] The official schedule for the 2021 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series is:[5]
| Leg | Stadium | City | Dates | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UAE | Dubai | Dubai | 19–20 November 2021 |  Japan |  China |
Standings
| Legend |
|---|
| Qualified to 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens |
| Relegated for 2022 Series |
| Rank | Team | Dubai | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Japan | 12 | 12 |
 | China | 10 | 10 |
 |  Hong Kong | 8 | 8 |
| 4 |  Kazakhstan | 7 | 7 |
| 5 | Thailand | 4 | 4 |
| 6 |  Sri Lanka | 3 | 3 |
| 7 |  Malaysia | 2 | 2 |
| 8 |  Philippines | 1 | 1 |
Tournaments
Dubai
The Tournament was held from the 19 to 20 November in Dubai.
Pool stage
| Legend |
|---|
| Advances to Cup |
| Advances to Plate |
| Pool A | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | Pts | |
| Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 12 | 87 | 9 | |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 26 | 34 | 6 | |
| Thailand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 27 | 18 | 6 | |
| Philippines | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 144 | -139 | 3 | |
| Pool B | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | Pts | |
| China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 15 | 99 | 9 | |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 32 | 65 | 7 | |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 95 | -78 | 5 | |
| Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 111 | -86 | 3 | |
Knockout stage
Plate
| Semi-finals | Plate Final | |||||
| 20 Nov | ||||||
| Thailand | 22 | |||||
| 20 Nov | ||||||
| Malaysia | 0 | |||||
| Thailand | 45 | |||||
| 20 Nov | ||||||
| Sri Lanka | 0 | |||||
| Philippines | 15 | |||||
| Sri Lanka | 19 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| 20 Nov | ||||||
| Malaysia | 12 | |||||
| Philippines | 0 | |||||
Cup
| Semi-finals | Cup Final | |||||
| 20 Nov | ||||||
| Japan | 29 | |||||
| 20 Nov | ||||||
| Hong Kong | 0 | |||||
| Japan | 14 | |||||
| 20 Nov | ||||||
| China | 12 | |||||
| Kazakhstan | 19 | |||||
| China | 24 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 20 Nov | ||||||
| Hong Kong | 12 | |||||
| Kazakhstan | 10 | |||||
